The Baker shot of Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946. As the spray column collapses a 900-foot-tall "base surge" of radioactive mist envelops the target ships. Ship in the foreground (left) is the Japanese battleship Nagato. 25 July 1946

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